Climbing is both a physically and mentally challenging endeavor, and those two aspects caught up with a pair of mountaineers who had to be rescued from Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Grand Teton National Park managers expect August 21, --the day of the Total Solar Eclipse Across America-- to be the busiest single day in the history of the park. Visitors to the park on eclipse day can ensure a successful viewing experience by developing a plan and heeding a few simple guidelines.
The Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation and Patagonia World Trout Initiative have provided grants worth $25,000 to help restore habitat for Snake River cutthroat trout in Grand Teton National Park.
The popular String Lake area of Grand Teton National Park has experienced extremely high visitation levels in recent weeks and the trend is expected to continue. String Lake, located north of Jenny Lake, is easily accessible, hosts a scenic lakeshore and provides water recreation, hiking and picnic opportunities.
Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming will serve as both the location and inspiration for the sixth annual Plein Air for the Park fine art exhibition. Grand Teton Association, Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, and Grand Teton National Park are welcoming 40 professional artists from across the United States to capture the spectacular Teton landscape, wildlife, and wildflowers on canvas.
Grazing bison are nature's lawn mowers, closely cropping the grasses and forbs in national parks such as Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Wind Cave. Beyond gaining a meal, they also might inadvertently be improving songbird habitat, and Danielle Fagre hopes to be able to quantify that possibility.
Rising grizzly bear deaths, climate change, and the biological island that is the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem all were cited Friday when a coalition of groups announced plans to sue the Trump administration to prevent the removal from the Endangered Species List of grizzly bears in the ecosystem.
The Gros Ventre/Kelly Road in Grand Teton National Park has reopened to traffic, with an alternating one-lane of traffic in the erosion-affected area managed by a lighted traffic control system. All motor vehicles, as well as bicycle riders, are reminded to obey traffic control devices.